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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th December 1975 (5-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Australia won by 8 wickets | 
| Umpires | RC Bailhache, JR Collins | 
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 38/0 (Redpath 16*, Turner 16*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 270/4 (GS Chappell 42*, Cosier 44*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | West Indies (2) 92/3 (Kallicharran 9*, Richards 34*) | 
| Player of the Match | JR Thomson | 
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Fredericks | c McCosker b Thomson | 59 | 115 | 142 | 6 | - | |
| CG Greenidge | c Marsh b Thomson | 3 | 18 | 35 | - | - | |
| LG Rowe | c IM Chappell b Thomson | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| AI Kallicharran | c Marsh b Thomson | 20 | 48 | 86 | - | - | |
| IVA Richards | b Lillee | 41 | 54 | 85 | 4 | - | |
| *CH Lloyd | c GS Chappell b Thomson | 2 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| +DL Murray | c Walker b Lillee | 24 | 38 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| BD Julien | c Mallett b Lillee | 18 | 34 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| VA Holder | b Walker | 24 | 47 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| AME Roberts | c Marsh b Lillee | 6 | 28 | 33 | - | - | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 22 nb, 1 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 287 minutes, 47 overs) | 224 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Greenidge), 2-22 (Rowe), 3-91 (Kallicharran), 4-103 (Fredericks), 5-108 (Lloyd), 6-167 (Murray), 7-172 (Richards), 8-199 (Julien), 9-218 (Roberts), 10-224 (Holder, 47 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 14 | 2 | 56 | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Thomson | 11 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Walker | 13 | 1 | 46 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Cosier | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Redpath | b Roberts | 102 | 258 | 320 | 10 | - | |
| A Turner | b Roberts | 21 | 47 | 94 | 1 | - | |
| RB McCosker | c Murray b Julien | 4 | 10 | 20 | - | - | |
| IM Chappell | c Kallicharran b Gibbs | 35 | 105 | 149 | 3 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Murray b Julien | 52 | 127 | 193 | 3 | - | |
| GJ Cosier | c Kallicharran b Roberts | 109 | 186 | 254 | 13 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c and b Gibbs | 56 | 109 | 143 | 5 | - | |
| MHN Walker | c Murray b Roberts | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Richards b Holder | 25 | 69 | 85 | 3 | - | |
| JR Thomson | lbw b Julien | 44 | 47 | 79 | 3 | 2 | |
| AA Mallett | not out | 3 | 13 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 22 nb) | 33 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 683 minutes, 118.3 overs) | 485 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49 (Turner), 2-61 (McCosker), 3-151 (IM Chappell), 4-188 (Redpath), 5-302 (GS Chappell), 6-390 (Cosier), 7-392 (Walker), 8-415 (Marsh), 9-471 (Lillee), 10-485 (Thomson, 118.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 32 | 2 | 126 | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Holder | 27 | 2 | 123 | 1 | - | 12 | |
| Julien | 28.3 | 5 | 120 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Gibbs | 30 | 9 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Richards | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Fredericks | b GS Chappell | 26 | 44 | 59 | 4 | - | |
| CG Greenidge | c Marsh b Walker | 8 | 23 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| LG Rowe | c Marsh b Lillee | 8 | 19 | 41 | - | - | |
| AI Kallicharran | c Marsh b Lillee | 32 | 117 | 141 | - | - | |
| IVA Richards | c Marsh b Thomson | 36 | 51 | 68 | 5 | - | |
| *CH Lloyd | c Lillee b Mallett | 102 | 121 | 206 | 14 | - | |
| +DL Murray | c Marsh b Lillee | 22 | 82 | 75 | 3 | - | |
| BD Julien | b Walker | 27 | 56 | 53 | 3 | - | |
| VA Holder | run out | 15 | 31 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| AME Roberts | c Mallett b IM Chappell | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 5 | 25 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (8 b, 4 lb, 14 nb) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 372 minutes, 69.2 overs) | 312 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Greenidge), 2-48 (Fredericks), 3-48 (Rowe), 4-99 (Richards), 5-151 (Kallicharran), 6-229 (Murray), 7-278 (Julien), 8-288 (Lloyd), 9-297 (Roberts), 10-312 (Holder, 69.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 15 | 1 | 70 | 3 | - | 6 | |
| Walker | 19 | 1 | 74 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| GS Chappell | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| IM Chappell | 5.2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomson | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Mallett | 14 | 0 | 61 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB McCosker | not out | 22 | 32 | 52 | 1 | - | |
| A Turner | b Roberts | 7 | 22 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| IR Redpath | c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| IM Chappell | not out | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Cosier | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Marsh | did not bat | ||||||
| MHN Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| DK Lillee | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Thomson | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 52 minutes, 8.7 overs) | 55 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (Turner), 2-36 (Redpath) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Julien | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greenidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rowe | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kallicharran | 0.7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> GJ Cosier made his debut in Test matches
--> RC Fredericks (1) 50 in 101 balls, 122 minutes
--> RC Fredericks (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 37
--> AI Kallicharran (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> IR Redpath (1) 50 in 173 balls, 198 minutes
--> IR Redpath (1) 100 in 255 balls, 316 minutes with 10 fours
--> IR Redpath (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> GS Chappell (1) 50 in 122 balls, 181 minutes with 3 fours
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 33
--> GJ Cosier (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> GJ Cosier (1) 50 in 95 balls, 128 minutes
--> GJ Cosier (1) 100 in 173 balls, 239 minutes
--> RW Marsh (1) 50 in 101 balls, 182 minutes
--> RW Marsh (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> CH Lloyd (2) 50 in 59 balls, 99 minutes
--> CH Lloyd (2) 100 in 120 balls, 206 minutes with 14 fours
--> GJ Cosier made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> VA Holder made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> AME Roberts reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GJ Cosier, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings
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